The year 2020 will live in infamy in the memory of the global community, alongside the 1918 Influenza pandemic, the 2003 SARS epidemic, etc. The COVID – 19 virus, otherwise known as the Novel Corona Virus, has rapidly spread across the world, crippling economies and governments while there have been 827, 419 confirmed cases of infection across 206 countries /…
Tibet remains a challenge for both U.S. and China because it is one of the most difficult issues in U.S.-China relations. The question is why is it so? In order to answer this query, it is important to make a sense of the historical trajectory of America’s relation with Tibet and its involvement in Tibet issue vis-a-vis China. Why does…
China, in its attempt to legitimize its occupation of Tibet, has invented myriads of days and events to congratulate itself and to create a platform to dole out its propaganda. “Serfs’ Emancipation Day” on March 28 is one of those days. It was invented in January 2009, more specifically to counter the March 10th Tibetan uprising day. Despite the chaos…
Amid an increasing number of leaders who have signed agreements with Peoples Republic of China (PRC) declaring their discontinuation of relations with Taiwan, in a surprising turn of event, the Mayor of Prague on January 15 ended its partnership with Beijing and opted for Taiwan. Taiwan has been losing its diplomatic ties with various countries due to Beijing’s pressure and…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan city of Hubei province, only one confirmed case of the infection is officially reported in Lhasa, the capital city of the Tibet. The infected person is a Chinese man, who is now discharged from the hospital after treatment for 18 days, has arrived at Lhasa on January 24 via train from Wuchang…
The Tibetan Policy and Support Act passed in the US House on January 28 with super majority was a great victory for the Tibetans1. The bill has greatly shaken the Chinese communist leadership out of its condescending hegemonic reverie. Chinese communist party’s mouthpiece, China Global Television Network (CGTN)2, Xinhua Net3, Global Times4, etc. went belligerent attacking the US lawmakers for interfering…
According to Tibet Daily, a new regulation is passed by the so called “Tibet People’s Congress” requiring “all levels of government, companies, community organisations, villages, schools, military groups and religious activity centres be responsible for work on ethnic unity.” This regulation is passed four years after similar rules were introduced in Xinjiang and will take effect in the so called “Tibet Autonomous…
The recent outbreak of novel coronavirus in Wuhan in Hubei province, China has fuelled concerns and fears worldwide. A fatal period of hesitation regarding information-sharing and action spawned anxiety, panic, fear, and widespread speculation and rumour-mongering across different online micro messaging sites in China. New cases were increasingly recorded in China in the past 24 hours, raising the worldwide total…
A significant highlight of the recent visit by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Myanmar was his meeting with the Burmese State Counselor, Aung San Suu Kyi. The two leaders with strikingly different personalities and more so a distinct beginning of their political course, have paradoxically acknowledged each other’s interests. Suu Kyi is a well-known international figure, a Nobel Laureate…
The electoral victory of the incumbent Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is not just a triumphant moment for her supporters but also for those nations rooting for democracy, liberty and social justice that she stands for. Tsai Ing-wen, in addition to being the first female president of Taiwan, is also remembered as the first leader in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage….
The Regional legislature Council of the Tibet Autonomous Region passed a new ethnic identity law titled “Regulations on the Establishment of a Model Area for Ethnic Unity and Progress in The Tibet Autonomous Region” on 11 January 2020. It will be implemented at the beginning of May 2020. The newly passed ethnic identity law in Tibet has a “cloak-dagger” agenda…
How would you feel if your every move and decision were being tracked, recorded, and ranked? Nobody really wants a camera to follow them everywhere they go. Welcome to China where the Chinese government is experimenting a new system of surveillance as part of its overt and covert expansion of government intervention and surveillance. Alarmingly, this surveillance system is increasingly showing…
Education exists for holistic human development. The formulation of education policy of a country should give importance to the comprehensive development of its society by considering the welfare and aspiration of its people at its core. However, the education policy introduced by the People’s Republic of China in Tibet bears striking similarities to the colonial education policies in the 19th…
Hindustan Times, one of the leading Indian dallies, has on its Friday issue [13/12/2019] carried a full-page supplement with two ostensible articles by some Yuan Shenggao under the sponsorship of China Watch Daily, a mouthpiece of the Chinese communist regime. The articles are titled “Decades of progress highlighted”1 and “Unparalleled change experienced within a space of generation”2. The articles claimed great…
Chinese ambassador to India Sun Weidong’s article, “China’s Tibet: A story of progress” in Hindustan Times [Nov 6, 2019] is misleading and not true. It is only a reflection of what the Chinese communist leadership would like the world to believe. Xinhua News, the CCP’s mouthpiece, was quick to share the same for global consumption the next day. For the…